Savoring life. Writing on experiences. Moments and milestones in equal measure.

Monday, December 14, 2015

I can't 'adult' on Monday

Monday is not such a good day. And this has nothing
to do with the cliché hatred for Mondays that even those peeps whose only job is
tweeting all day long hold. I have genuine reasons for disliking Monday and one
of them is the uphill task that is writing blog articles on Monday. This is me
trying to come up with an article on Monday and the conversations that ensue in
my head;

Thinks of a great title as I get inspired by
glorious music from Dela (this mama can really sing)

Decides to write about ‘how KFC cheats us out of our
money’

Writes one sentence and thinks ‘I don’t like this story I sound too opinionated’

You know what forget it I am just going to form a
title and write a story around it

Backspaces the whole sentence

Writes a title ‘Let’s arrest Raila Odinga’

Looks for reasons. Wait are there enough reasons for
arresting Raila? I don’t think so.

Deletes title

Goes back to reading about UK’s attacks on ISIS (Word
of advice; read what is happening on global politics interesting stuff there)

Comes back 20 mins later to the blank MS page *Still no ideas*

Thinks; should I tell the story of how I visited my
Cucu the other day? Or how Gitau – our caretaker – has become reckless? Or how
I am fairing with my guitar quest?Or how many Christmas carols I don’t know the
lyrics to? Or how much the weekend has been awesome? Or the joys that the rain
bringeth over the weekend? Or how I want to spend Christmas? Or just tell the
new inspirational story?

So much to choose from. So much.

Let me first listen to Snarky Puppy and their jazz
thingies

Comes back 30 mins later ready to write an ass-kicking
inspirational story

Writes a paragraph on how audacious it is for
Boniface Mwangi to get arrested for the umpteenth time for the sake of human
rights while everyone else is busy talking about how sleek B.o.B is and how his
show in Kenya slayed.

Thinks; you know what would really be a great story
for today? A review of latest gadgets and apps.

Goes back to research on tech and before long hey look Tesla has a new
self-driving car with a semi-autonomous autopilot system. *gets distracted from searching for gadgets and apps*

Goes to YouTube to watch the Tesla review.

Finishes watching the review and goes on to listen
to YouTube music for the next hour.

Oops I have run out of blogging time

I have to write something so I just decided to write
about how hard I tried to start the article but I couldn’t get to it.

Clearly Monday is a difficult day to 'adult'. Can we all not adult on Monday? Yes? Awesome!!